AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -One of the steps in this processing, called RNA splicing, involves the removal or “splicing out” of certain sequences referred to as intervening sequences, or introns. The final mRNA thus consists of the remaining sequences, called exons, which are connected to one another through the splicing process.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introns are noncoding sections of an RNA transcript, or the DNA encoding it, that are spliced out before the RNA molecule is translated into a protein. The sections of DNA (or RNA) that code for proteins are called exons.

Detailed explanation-3: -RNA molecules that are newly transcribed from DNA contain intron and exon sequences. Introns are excised through a process called RNA splicing, during which the remaining exon sequences are joined together (ligated) to form mature messenger RNA, which is then translated into proteins.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introns and exons are nucleotide sequences within a gene. Introns are removed by RNA splicing as RNA matures, meaning that they are not expressed in the final messenger RNA (mRNA) product, while exons go on to be covalently bonded to one another in order to create mature mRNA.

Detailed explanation-5: -An intron is a region that resides within a gene but does not remain in the final mature mRNA molecule following transcription of that gene and does not code for amino acids that make up the protein encoded by that gene. Most protein-coding genes in the human genome consist of exons and introns.